Today’s Issue Cluster: Currencies
Fed – Dollar debt puts Asian companies in spotlight ahead of meeting
Planes – Luxury Market Seen Slipping for First Time Since 2009
Chemicals – Japan partnering with overseas players
US – Nov: Import prices dropped; -0.4% from -0.3% / WSJ
US – Week: Jobless claims at five-month high; +13k to 282k / R
Currencies – Commods: Pause from sell-off FT *
Currencies – Yuan: Set at Four-Year Low in ‘Stress Test’ WSJ
Currencies – Yuan: Weakening renminbi poses stability threat FT *
Currencies – Yen: Embraced by US Banks B * *
Currencies – Euro: Investors look to Fed for relief after ECB disappoints FT *
Currencies – Dollar: Chance that EMs can escape woes FT *
Currencies – Bitcoin: Creator Is Probably This Australian wired / gizmodo / ft *
Currencies – Bitcoin: Reported Founder’s Home Raided by Police WSJ / R / B
Currencies – Bitcoin: Central Bankers Explore Own Digital Cash WSJ
Fed – Plans to Signal Gradual Path WSJ *
Fed – Economists Are Convinced of Raise WSJ * *
Fed – Treasury bill yields climb as tighter policy looms FT *
Fed – Worrying signs as rate rise looms FT *
Fed – Dollar debt puts Asian companies in spotlight ahead of meeting N * *
Fed – Asian Firms Losing Appetite for Dollar Debt WSJ *
Fed – More Hawkish Next Year / bp *
Streaming – Spotify May Allow Artists to Withhold Music From Free Service WSJ
Streaming – Losses point to bleak future for music services FT * *
Streaming – Pandora: how to close the box FT *
Planes – Luxury Market Seen Slipping for First Time Since 2009 B / G&M *
Planes – Private jet makers target North America as Europe flags G
Planes – Textron Bets on New Business Jet WSJ *
Planes – Aerion Supersonic Jet Advances B *
Chemicals – Dow Chemical Long Pursued DuPont WSJ *
Chemicals – Aim to pre-empt activists with megadeal FT * * * *
Chemicals – Merger Likely to Get Close Antitrust Scrutiny WSJ *
Chemicals – Eat yourself thin FT *
Chemicals – China’s Rising Supply, Lower Demand Squeeze Industry WSJ
Chemicals – Japan partnering with overseas players N *
NatGas – US prices nosedive on warmer weather FT
NatGas – Producers Contemplate Opec-Style Group WSJ
NatGas – Australia Leads LNG Additions, US Catches Up / b *
NatGas – New pipelines working to debottleneck Appalachian Basin / b *
Bird Flu – Plucks sales for US turkey farmers FT / B * *
Bird Flu – French poultry exports hit AFP
Probability of a white Christmas in the EU motw *
Probability of a white Christmas in the US motw *
